Archive for the 'Red Sea' Category

July 24th 2010
Sharm el Sheikh June/July 2010

Posted under Holidays & Photography & Red Sea

I have just added a gallery with pictures from my latest trip to Sharm el Sheikh: Gallery

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June 22nd 2010
Oil spill in The Red Sea around Hurghada

Posted under Red Sea

Oil spill in the Red Sea

This is really sad news ;-(

Image borrowed from the linked news page.

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December 18th 2009
Red Sea liveaboard Emperor Fraser sinks

Posted under Red Sea

On the 16th of December, Emperor Fraser hits the reef at dunraven. :-(

Gladly nobody was injured.

Read more about it here: www.emperordivers.com

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December 15th 2009
180 meter dive on the Yolanda

Posted under Red Sea & Tec diving

Here is a youtube video of a dive to the wreck of Yolanda at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.

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More information about the dive can be found here:  www.redseaexplores.com

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June 5th 2009
Shark kills diver at St. John’s Reef Red Sea

Posted under Red Sea

Hi there, wanted to share this with you:

I got it from a facebook group I am a member of, will people EVER learn NOT to feed sharks, Napoleon Fish or any other animal while diving/snorkling ?

I am afraid not :-(

Dear Shark Divers,

CDWS can confirm that a woman died followed an attack from a shark which occured on the morning of Monday 1 June at St Johns Reef, Marsa Alam, Egypt
It seems that the victim aggravated the shark or presented it with food, which caused a change in the shark’s behaviour !!!
Here’s the Full Story:
Egypt’s Chamber of Diving and Water Sports (CDWS) can confirm that a woman died followed an attack from a shark which occurred on the morning of Monday 1 June at St Johns Reef in the southern Red Sea.

The French woman had been on a diving safari holiday on board the boat Lanotel when the incident took place. A number of boats were moored at a reef. A group of about 20 snorkellers was observing what is thought to be an oceanic white tip shark approximately 2.5 – 3m long The woman is reported to have moved away from the group and some distance from the reef then ducked dive down towards the shark. On surfacing she was bitten on the leg and was still in contact with the shark as she was pulled onto the boat. Once on the boat, the casualty lost consciousness and died soon after.

The boat returned to the Port of Hamata, where other members of the group were interviewed by police and statements were taken.
Shark feeding is a serious violation of Red Sea rules, and an act that can severely disturb the sensitive marine eco-system and behaviour of marine animals.

Ahmed Amin
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